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H. T. MOODY.

RAIL SUPPORT.

310,408,892 Patented Aug. 13, 1889.

WITNEE5E5 INVEN mafi qm z -UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY T. MOODY, OF NEIVBURYPORT, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO THE VICTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 408,892, dated August 13, 1889. Application filed January 31, 1889. Serial No.298,303. (N model.)

To all whom it may concern.- flat metal plate by bending or striking up.

Be it known that I, HENRY T. MOODY, of The lower section B is thus formed with an Newburyport, in the county of Essex and ear I), in which is formed a screw-hole b to State of Massachusetts,a citizen of the United receive the fastening-screw by which it is 5 States, have invented a new and useful Imfastened or secured to the stndding or supprovement in Rail-Supports, of which the folport to which the rail is attached. It has the lowing is a full, clear, and exact description, extension If from its upper end and thcturnedreference being had to the accompanying up end I), which I have termeda face-plate, drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which is formed a screw or bolt hole 10 in explaining its nature. The upper member C of the rail-support has The invention relates to a rail-support for the ear 0, in which is formed the screw-hole door-hangers, trucks,parcel-carriers, and simic to receive the screw. 0 by which it is fastlar appliances, comprising two sheet-metal ened to the studding or wall. From the lower brackets or arms formed from flat plate by end of this car the support is bent down- 15 bending or striking up, one of which has an wardly and outwardly to form the arm or excar by which it is secured in place, a horitension 0 and the end 0 of the support is zontal arm, and an upwardly-extended end, bent at an obtuse angle to the arm 0 to bring the other of which has an car by which it is vits face parallel with the turned-up end 19 of secured in place, and a downwardly-extended the lower section, but separated therefrom by 20 arm, and a bearing end or section parallel a space sufficient to receive the thickness of withthe upturned end of the first part or seca rail. This end 0 I call an extension or tion of the support, and separated therefrom bearing plate. The sectionsB C of the railby the thickness of the rail, the said upturned support as thus made are fastened to the end, bearing-section, and rail preferably bestudding or wall and the rail placed between 25 ing secured together by a bolt and nut or their ends, as represented in Figs. 2 and 3, rivet. A rail-support of this construction and the rails secured together by riveting or combines simplicity and cheapness of manuby a bolt and nut. facture with great stiffness and durability. In Fig. 1 I have represented the section 13 It acts to stay the rail from moving laterally of the rail-support made wider where the 30 in either direction, and is easily applied to the ends of the rails abut, in order that it may act rail and fastened in place. additionally as a binding-plate to fasten the In the drawings, Figure 1 is a view in front ends of the rails together at that point and elevation representing the abutting ends of maintain them in line, and when it is so two rails and the rail-supports. Fig. 2 is a used the faceplate Zr has two bolt, screw, or

3 5 View in section upon the dotted line of Fig. 1. rivet holes, and the end of one rail is secured 8 5 Figs. 3, 4L, 5, and 6 represent slight variations by a rivet or bolt between the extension or or details, to which reference will hereinafter bearing plate 0 and one'end of the face-plate be made. Fig. 7 is a View in plan of the con- 19*, and the end of the next rail in order is struction represented in Fig. 2, showing anar-- riveted or attached directly to the faceplate 4o row upper section and a wide lower section. 11. Of course, if desired, the upper section C Fig. 8 is a view in elevation, reduced in size may be as wide as the lower section B, in as compared with Fig. 7, showing both the which case the extension or bearing plate 0 upper and lower sections as made wide. would act as a binding or clamping plate in A represents one rail and A the following addition to the plate I), as represented in Fig. 45 or next rail in order. 8; but I prefer the first form of construction.

a a represent, respectively, their abutting In Fig. at I have represented the support, or contiguous ends. where used at the meeting-point of two rails,

13 represents the lower member of the railas made in three partsnamely, a wide lower support, and C the upper member. Both section B and two narrow upper sections C. 50 members are made from metal strips cut from In Fig. 5 I have represented the abuttlng ICO ends of two rails as secured by separate supports, each of which comprises a single lower and upper section, the two supports being placed closely together.

In Fig. (3 I have represented the lower sections of the support out of line with the upper sections. This construction requires the use of an additional bolt andnut, screw, or rivet to that shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

The invention may be used for a support for rails to carry door-hangers, trucks, or rolls of any kind. It will be observed that each section of the support is so shaped that the screw by which it is secured in place is always accessible after the rail is in position; also, that the under section acts to prevent the rail from movinglaterally outwardly, the upper section from being moved laterally inward, and that both sections act as a very effective and rigid brace or stay, complementing and co-operating with each other.

I prefer to attach the rails to the upper and lower sections of the supports by rivets, and to so attach the supports to the rails before they are shipped from the factory, in order that the rails may be secured in place by simply screwing the supports to a stringer, wall, or other holding device. It will be seen that by this construction of rail-support the strain is removed from the rivets and taken directly by the plates D 0" of the supports, and that these plates are so placed and stayed that they act to prevent the track or rails from twisting by any straining or irregular action of the hanger-rolls upon them.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States 1. A rail-support comprising the under section 13, having the perforated ear 1), arm b perforated face-plate I), and the upper section 0, having the perforated ear 0, the arm and the extension or hearing plate 0, the said face-plate I) being adapted to extend upon the outside of the rail and the bearingplate (1 upon the inside of the rail, substantially as described.

2. The combination, in a support for a hanger or other rail, of the section (1, having the perforated ear 0, the arm 0 and the bearing-plate c, the section 13, having the perforated ear I), the arm Z), the face-plate l)", wider than the bearing-plate c and having two rivet or bolt holes, and the rails A A, the end of one of which is fastened directly to the face-plate I), and the end of the other of which is fastened to the face-plate 1) and bearing-plate c", substantially as described.

3. In a rail-support, in combination with the rail, a bracket or hanger in two sections having means by which they are adapted to be secured to a stringer or wall, one of which sections has the inner bearingplate or extension 0, the other of which has the outer face-plate or extension I), and the two being separated from each other by a space of the thickness of the rail, to which it is secured by a rivet, bolt, or screw passing through the plates 1) a", and the rail, substantially as described.

DANIEL B. PIERCE, Moonv KIMBALL. 

